'So cold...' The freezing temperature was sucking everything out of you in a very slow and agonizing pace. Tears that came out were mixed into the seawater. 'Sa...ka... sa-...' Darkness then envelops you again.
-Sakazuki-
Finally grabbing her arm, Sakazuki pulls himself and [Name], using the rope that was tied to couple of life buoys, floating above him. 'Almost...' With a last tug, he manages to pull her and his head up above the salty water. Rain like bullets, shooting down from the sky, making it uneasy to see what is around. [Name] was limp in his arms, and was not breathing at all. 'I must hurry!' Not knowing which was closer, he moves for with where the waves were pushing them. His body getting numb from the cold, he continues to move on, and trying to keep [Name]'s head above the waters. Then, something rough grazes his leg, causing the skin to break and bleed. 'Must be near a land...' Using the remaining strength in him, he swam to the island, but then suddenly it became black, looking up to see a huge wave, times the size he is, slams and tumbles them into the depth.
-Reader-
Opening your eyes, you see an extremely unfamiliar ceiling of rocks and mosses, a smell of smoke hit your nose alarming you to wake up. "!" Silently groaning from the pain in your shoulder and leg, you were unable to get up. "Ugh... Where...?" Looking across the place, it was a cave big enough to live in, weed sprouting out from the floors of the caves, the cave entrance was covered with plants which you have no clue on what it is, then beside you there was a small hill of embers. Slowly moving into a sitting posture, you look at the wounds, still bad but was beginning to heal. Sighing in relief, you then hear a rustle from the entrance, stiffening your body, you waited for who or what is coming. Then a person, you never expected appears, Sakazuki, your boss, entering the cave, with things that looked edible in his hands. You could not help staring at him with your mouth wide open. 'Did he save me?' The question, races through your mind. "What are you looking at with an idiotic expression on your face." Raising an eyebrow, he looks back at her. "Uh..." Still dumbfounded you stare at him like an idiot. Ignoring you, Sakazuki, using his magma ability, he relit the ember, adding woods, to it. "... Sir?" You drag your body a little to get closer. "Did you sa-Ugya!" Accidently you touched the hot ashes, burning your fingertips. "You blithering idiot!" Sakazuki scolds, as he takes your hands and pour cold water over it. "I-I am sorry, sir." "I rather have a word of gratitude, than an apology." "... Thank you..." You tilt your head down, face red from embarrassment. Sakazuki just grunts and wraps a cloth around your hand. "Um, so where are we, sir?" Giving an unnatural smile, she looks at him. "... Still in Nevermore Land" Poking thin, sturdy sticks through the gray fishes, he has brought back, and begins to cook them. "... I thought Nevermore Island is an island with nothing in it..." "Yeah, I thought of that also but it seems that the island is split into two parts." Nodding, you realize that your boss is half naked, his fair skin, muscle, tatto– 'UGYA!' Your face was burning red from embarrassment. Silently screaming, you look down from shame and realises that you were in your undergarments. "NNGGYYYIIIIIAAAAAA!" A scream filled the cave. "What the?! [Name]!" Sakazuki stares at you as if you have gone mad. "S-SIR! Did you take off my clothes!?" Wrapping yourself with the coat that was placed on top of you like a blanket, you glared at him furiously. "Well, yeah. I can't have you in wet clothes, there will be a higher possibility of getting cold and when stranded we want to avoid that." You were still blushing, muttering a 'thank you', you turn away to avoid seeing your boss's torso. Your heart was slamming inside your chest. Trying to cool your face, you press your cold hands against it. "[Name]." You flinch to his voice. "Y-Yes?" "Here, eat up" You look at the readily cooked fish, drooling slightly; you reach to take the fish. Biting into it, the taste fills in your mouth. "So good" The words spilled from your lips, as you gobble up the fish in a second. Finishing the fish, your boss tosses the stick into the fire. "[Name?]. When we finish eating, we will head out." You nod in agreement as you chewed on a fruit.
Changed back to your clothes, you sighed in relief, checking that the silk bag is still inside the inner pocket of the jacket. Your boss has already left the cave, scrambling up the slick slope reaching to the entrance. Pushing your whole body out of the cave, you feel a large hand, grabbing the collar of your jacket and tug you out. Stumbled to the ground, you look up to see that the surround was lush green. "Get on to your legs already..." Your boss growls lightly as he nudges you with his foot, and then trudges away. Pouting slightly to his rude way, you got up to your feet and followed him. Even though it is a exuberant surrounding there is no sign of animals, except for insects. You looked around in concern, feeling that there is something wrong. Slightly quickening your pace, you walked up to Sakazuki's side.
Walking around for few hours you were reaching to your limits, panting and straining your muscles to keep up with your boss's pace. Before you spill any complain, Sakazuki spoke. "Only a few metres, keep it up." Clenching your jaws tight, you push your body to move. As your boss has said, you finally reached to an opening, a sandy beach. You feel the gust of cool breeze on your face, tangling your [length] hair. "You can rest here." He says to you as he trudges over to a rock, by a large palm tree and slumps down onto it. Ignoring most of what Sakazuki said, you jump out of your boots and ran over to the waves rolling over to the warm ivory sand, feeling the cool water lapping at your feet, you sigh in relief. The beach was quite pretty, you never seen a pretty beach, even if you did, you never had anytime to look at the place carefully, due to your strict boss. Then you remembered your friends, family and comrades in Head Quarter, making you feel slightly down, wondering if you ever meet them again, just thinking about that made your body feel cold from fear and sadness, bringing you close to tears. You feel a warm object on your head. Looking up to see your boss by your side, his massive hand covering your head. "Cry when we manage to go back." You cannot see his expression for the strong shadow covering his face with the cap, but you felt that he was trying to cheer you up. Feeling his large, warm hand ruffles you head and looking away at the distant horizon. You slightly blushed, for some reason feeling that his actions are quite cute. Beaming a smile, you replied with a big yes, enjoying the warmth his hand.
All of a sudden, following with a loud and sharp sound, you felt a impact go through your side. Clueless of what has happened, you glance down to see the blood, blooming like a crimson flower across your flank. The intense pain then took over the shock, dropping you to your knees, clenching your teeth hard as possible to bare the pain. "[Name]!" Barely able to hear him calling your name, everything wavers around you. 'Not again...' Your body, still recovering from the injuries, could not take anymore damages, become to feel numb and pulling you into an unconscious state, before you black out you felt countless of shadows surrounding you.
Sound of buzzing and murmurs filled around, waking you from sleep. Groaning as the pain and cold bites into your body. 'Huh...?' Realising your arms were tied tightly behind your back. Raising your upper body up to a sitting pose, seeing that you're in a cell, all alone.
